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US lawmakers and the White House braced for a hectic coming week in Washington, with Republicans readying new legislation to repeal Obamacare as Donald Trump seeks a victory to cap his 100th day as president. After an embarrassing health care defeat last month, Trump has suddenly heaped pressure on Republican leadership by saying he expects a vote on a revived version of the bill "next week or shortly thereafter." "We're doing very well on health care. We'll see what happens," Trump told reporters Thursday. "It's evolving."

Equipment failure at a utility station and a subsequent fire pulled the plug on San Francisco on Friday, cutting power to downtown businesses and homes for hours. An outage that began late in the morning and continued into the afternoon cut power to about 88,000 customers in the busy heart of the city, according to Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman Paul Doherty.

If you could, would you make your own phone? Like if you could purchase all the parts that make up a phone, would you like to build one? Regardless of what your answer is, you should know that it is possible to build your own iPhone from scratch.

A 53 year old Nigerian Lesbian woman, Moji Solar-Percy has married her American “wife” on Tuesday in the United States, and her daughter was their makeup Artiste. Moji is a real estate mogul, runs a company, Solar Worldwide Realty Inc. in Staten Island, New York. She gushed about her love for the woman, with whom she probably would have been arrested if the wedding had taken place in Nigeria.

Technically it’s possible to get pregnant without having sex, even if you’re a virgin. That’s the submission of experts. They warn that if you’re not planning on having a baby any time soon, it’s important to know what kind of sexual behaviour might put you at risk of getting pregnant. Gynaecologists say basically, it’s very possible to get pregnant if semen comes into contact with your vagina at any point. Here are some of the ways you can get pregnant without trying:

It's another Madrid derby in the UEFA Champions League as Real Madrid have been drawn against local rivals, Atletico Madrid in the semifinals in the draws held today in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg will be held at Santiago Bernabeu while Vicente Calderon will hold the second leg. In the other semifinal, AS Monaco will take on Juventus, with the first leg being held at the Stade Louis II while the return leg will be held in Turin.

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Manchester United Football Club has taken to their Twitter page to pay tribute to the family of the 30 football fans who were electrocuted while watching the UEFA Europa League quarter-final match between Manchester United and Anderlecht yesterday. In a statement issued through their Twitter page, it read: ‘Our thoughts go out to the United fans, their friends and families affected by the tragedy in Calabar, Nigeria, yesterday.

The Kimoji was shared in several videos which had psychedelic effects. One of the videos was captioned,   “When Kim Blesses you with that 420 drop.” The mother of two also shared another image of a candle branded with the same image which is available on her app Kimoji.com for $18. See some reactions below:

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Ugo Ehiogu, Youth coach of Premier league club, Tottenham has passed on. According to Tottenham's official website, the Nigerian/Englishman died this morning after he was rushed to hospital by ambulance after suffering a heart attack  on Thursday  (Read  here ). Ehiogu played for Aston Villa and Middlesbrough over 350 times and also represented England four times. He was aged 44 and is survived by a wife and son. May his soul rest in peace...

Mother of late  Super Eagles  great  Rashidi Yekini  has won N2m from a popular game show, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’. Alhaja Sikirat Yekini  is the mother of former Super Eagles striker, Yekini who scored 37 goals in 58 appearances for the Super Eagles and died in May 2012 at the age of 48.

The Kafinhausa Local Government Council of  Jigawa  on Wednesday said it vaccinated more 90,000 children against poliomyelitis in the just concluded immunisation exercise. Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, the Director, Primary Healthcare Agency (PHC) in the area, said while reviewing the report of the exercise in Kafinhausa., the Director, Primary Healthcare Agency (PHC) in the area, said while reviewing the report of the exercise in Kafinhausa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the children were administered Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV) and antigens against other child killer diseases in the March round exercise.

Dr  Fred Weli , a family health expert in Port Harcourt, says Nigeria will need about 2 million doses of vaccine to fight current meningitis epidemic. Weli told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that current 500,000 doses available in the country were grossly inadequate to fight the epidemic.

After Serena Willaims broke the news of her pregnancy,  a black American Twitter user, Ashley-Chan'te took to her page to say that any man attracted to the Professional tennis player is gay. Coming to her defense, Americans lashed out on the Twitter user for her offensive comment., with many describing her an 'attention seeker.' See their comments after the cut.

Newly Built 3 units of Luxury Eden Home 4 Bedroom Terrace House + service Quarter with separated entrances at Ikate Elegushi. Lekki Lagos Going For N150 million. 

Newly Built 3 units of Luxury Eden Home 4 Bedroom Terrace House + service Quarter with separated entrances at Ikate Elegushi. Lekki Lagos Going For N150 million. 

A mother has been left heartbroken following the death of her 1-year-old son in a daycare in Muskegon, Michigan. On that fateful day, Bryanna Reasonover had taken her son to Keysha Keepers daycare like every other day, not knowing that would be the last time she will see him alive. When she returned to pick her son, Korey Brown, and his other siblings, she found him inside a playpen and when she went to carry him up thinking he was sleeping, she noticed he was motionless and his head tilted over. She looked closely and found bruises and bite marks all over his body.

Pana crooner, Tekno, revealed this in a post shared via Instagam minutes ago. Acid reflux is a condition characterized by a burning pain, known as heartburn, felt internally around the lower chest area.  Tekno is now on his way to the U.S for proper medical treatment and is kindly requesting that his fans say a little prayer for him.

Benedict XVI, who resigned as pontiff in 2013, has celebrated his 90th birthday with a mug of beer and the company of visitors from his native Bavaria in Germany. Photos by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano of the celebration showed Benedict sipping a beer. His brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, also joined the party and enjoyed a beer. More below…

Billionaire businessman and chairman of Chanchangi Airline, Ahmadu Chanchangi, has died. He was 86 years old. According to family sources, Ahmadu who had been suffering from an undisclosed ailment, died this morning along the Kaduna-Abuja road while he was being rushed to a hospital in Abuja. He is said to be survived by three wives and about 33 children, among whom is Rufai Chanchangi, a member of the House of representative. He will be buried by 2 p.m. today according to Islamic right at the Bashama road cemetery in Taraba state. May his soul rest in peace Amen.

Birmingham City University is situated less than 90 minutes from London, in the UK’s second largest city. We are investing £260m ($320m) in our campus, making our facilities among the very best in the country. We are right at the centre of the exhilarating cultural, social, economic and physical changes that are transforming our city for the future.

When 23-year-old Brandon headed from Massachusetts to the Bay Area in mid-May to start work as a software engineer at Google, he opted out of settling into an overpriced San Francisco apartment. Instead, he moved into a 128-square-foot truck. The idea started to formulate while Brandon — who asked to withhold his last name and photo to maintain his privacy on campus — was interning at Google last summer and living in the cheapest corporate housing offered: two bedrooms and four people for about $65 a night (roughly $2,000 a month), he told Business Insider.

Few days ago, Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, shared this photo of his children on his IG page and left a comment on his page which read in part "Even "rats" makes babies. a mother is farrrrr different from "wife".  Some of his followers believed the comment was directed to his ex-wife and mother of his four children and called him out. This morning he took to his IG page to react to the backlash he got. See what he wrote after the cut . "Yes!!! THERE ARE RAT MOTHERS n RAT FATHERS... no disrespect to REAL MOTHERS...we honor u. But any woman wey abandon innocent pikin for gutter, stream, litter bin, roadside, husbands house to remarry and make more rat kids, ophanage, church is a RAT MOTHER with huge poverty MENTALITY...Emekaikesayso".

Just when we thought we have seen it all, here is another man who got stuck inside his best friend’s wife while they were having sex. The embarrassing incident reportedly occurred in Kenya, where similar occurrences have occurred. In the video shared by Ebals News, the man was performing doggy sex style with the woman when they got stuck.   While crying in pains, the pair attracted a large crowd who then moved them out from the room wrapped in a sheet. The woman’s husband is said to have served a witchdoctor's concoction to his wife, who unknowingly took it and in turn exposed herself. Watch the video below...

This breakthrough uses the “neighbor effect” to help stem the virus’ growth. A major scientific breakthrough has happened in the field of HIV research. Researchers are now able to create HIV-resistant cells, a new study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals. What does that mean, exactly? Scientists were able to attach HIV-fighting antibodies to immune cells, which creates a cell population within the body that is resistant to falling prey to the HIV virus. These resistant cells rapidly take the place of diseased cells, which means it’s markedly more effective than other HIV treatments and therapies.

A Chinese boy lost one after it twisted around and died. In a horrifying-but-true bit of news from China, an 11-year-old boy lost a testicle after it twisted 540-degrees, lost all blood flow and died. The technical term for the goddamn terrifying issue is testicular torsion and, according to the American Urological Association, it can happen after an injury to the scrotum or following strenuous exercise or even while you sleep.

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A body of an accident victim believed to be a motorcyclist was discovered last weekend in front of Makun City Estate, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Families of missing persons have been enjoined to contact the FRSC units at Sagamu. Another photo after the cut...

                                A 53-year-old Nigerian journalist who is also an employee of the United Nations,  Abdullahi Shuaibu  has been arrested for  allegedly robbing four banks  in New York, United States of America. Daily Mail reports that Shuaibu, was arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD)on Monday, April 17, 2017, and  charged with two counts of robbery  and two counts of attempted robbery for the crimes committed during a two-month spree on the four banks located in Manhattan, all during lunch hour.

It’s no secret that Lepacious Bose has recorded amazing weight loss since she began her journey 2 years ago.  An advocate of healthy lifestyle, Lepacious Bose’s weight loss is not just another weight loss story. It is a weight loss journey of conscious living, small triumphs and finally mastering the key to a healthy lifestyle with the help of the number one herbal weight loss remedy in Nigeria; EZ Slim.

92-year-old politician and former President George H.W. Bush was re-admitted to a Houston hospital  Friday  over what turned out to be pneumonia. His spokesman, Jim McGrath, confirmed the return to the hospital in a statement adding that Bush was taken to the hospital due to a cough that prevented him from sleeping. The cough turned out to be due to pneumonia, which has been treated and resolved. Concerns continue to grow about his health as he was last admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital in January to treat "an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia" before being released from the hospital on January 30, 2017.

 Read the article by Reuben Abati below...

While delivering his sermon in his church over the weekend, controversial Lagos clergyman, Prophet T.B Joshua, said those who hate on him are his advertisers. According to him, those his haters who go about describing him as a devil and speaking ill about his church are only helping to advertise him.

Commercial flights to Abuja resume today, a day before the scheduled reopening date. This shows Federal Government commitment to ensuring conducive business climate in Nigeria.

Footballer, Mikel Obi shared this adorable photo of himself and his twin daughters dancing. Watch the video after the cut...

Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has filed a N2 billion lawsuit against former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode and media aide to Ekiti state governor, Lere Olayinka, for claiming he owns the $43 million found in an apartment in Ikoyi recently. FFK and Lere Olayinka went on Twitter last week to claim that the seized money belonged to Amaechi. In separate letters to FFK and Olayinka, counsel to Amaechi, Lateef Fagbemi, demanded N1.5 billion from Olayinka and N500 million from Fani-Kayode. According to Fagbemi, Amaechi has never owned a home in Lagos state. He stated that the claims by FFK and Olayinka can tarnish Amaechi’s reputation. “The story as uploaded by you is to our knowledge, blatantly false, malicious and is aimed at impeaching the credit of our client, a two-time speaker of the Rivers state of house of assembly, a two-time governor of Rivers state and current minister of the federation. Our client neither owns the house where the cash was found and your story

By delivering 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2017, Tesla has set a  new record . With this achievement, the company, led by  Elon Musk,  is now worth more than Ford!

                           Leicester City must strike the right balance both emotionally and tactically if they are to conquer battle-hardened Atletico Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final, manager Craig Shakespeare said on Monday. Leicester approach Tuesday's return leg trailing 1-0 after  Antoine Griezmann 's disputed penalty in Madrid last week gave Atletico a slender advantage.

                             Leicester City's Christian Fuchs professed his admiration for Antoine Griezmann on Monday, but says last week's encounter with the Atletico Madrid hotshot helped his side get the measure of him. Griezmann scored the only goal -- a disputed penalty following a foul outside the box -- as Atletico won 1-0 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.

Tboss’s kid brother Christopher Idowu has just called out Comedian AY for making jokes  with his sisters incident during Aylife, He took to his instagram page to make the below post;

                            Scottish Premiership strugglers Dundee have sacked manager Paul Hartley, the club announced on Monday. Dundee have lost their last seven matches and are second-bottom of Scotland's top flight, five points above basement club Inverness Caledonian Thistle with five games of the season remaining. The bottom club at the end of the season will be relegated, with the second-bottom side entering a relegation play-off.

“Though We Are Still Kids We Love Guys With Big Penis” – Nigerian Girl Says On Facebook According to a facebook user who cried out calling out for the parents of these kids to come and take them off facebook, one of the Teenage Girls had posted the above photo with the caption;

A second-year female student of Makerere University sustained multiple fractures and injuries last Friday evening after she jumped through the window from the 4th floor of Mitchell hall to allegedly escape from being raped by a man identified as Jeremiah Mukyemu, a 4th year medical student.

As many believe sex isn't a must when a man loves a woman. A Nigerian Facebook user, Victor Daniel has given his opinion on sex being downplayed by ladies. According to him, he's sexually active and one of the ways he can express his deepest emotions is through sex. Read his interesting post below...

U.S Vice President Mike Pence has warned North Korea to be careful with how they provoke U.S President Donald Trump or the military power at his disposal, as recent strikes in Afghanistan and Syria show that America will act when necessary on unruly nations/governments.

Visage Media CEO, Chukwudi Iwuchukwu, recounted how cartons of wine stashed in a car trunk saved the life of his friend who was mobbed by armed robbers. Chukwudi wrote:

It was a dark Easter Sunday after unknown gunmen reportedly attacked a community in Jema’a Local Goverment Area of Kaduna State, which left 13 Christians dead. Details are still sketchy right now, but it is believed to be part of the Southern Kaduna Violence involving the fulani Herdsmen and local farming communities, which so far have left over 200 people dead in past attacks.

                               The Ogun State Police have arrested a 37-year old man, Ifeanyi Ajaero, for allegedly beating his wife before chaining her to a generator from night till morning. The suspect Ifeanyi Ajaero chained his 28-year-old wife identified as Obiageli to the generator on the night of Friday, 14th April till the next morning, Saturday 15th April, 2017.

                             Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said the tightly-contested referendum on expanding the powers of the head of state was a vote for the future of Turkey. "We carried out some referendums (in the past) but this referendum is a choice of change and transformation for a new administrative system in the Turkish Republic," he told reporters after casting his vote in an Istanbul school. "God willing, this evening our people will walk to the future by making the expected choice."

                            "Neither of the right, nor the left" in his own words, Emmanuel Macron is a 39-year-old former banker hoping to convince the French to take a chance on his brand of youthful optimism. He has never been elected and only launched his party last April, but polls currently show Macron as one of the frontrunners for the two-stage election next Sunday and on May 7. After quitting his job as economy minister under unpopular President Francois Hollande in August, he has concentrated on building up his own centrist political movement called "En Marche" ("On the Move"). The accomplished pianist and lover of poetry was initially dismissed by sceptics as appealing to a narrow group of young, urban professionals but his packed rallies and voter surveys show otherwise.

Pope Francis urged an end to "horror and death" in Syria and implored God to bring peace to the Middle East as he delivered the traditional Easter Day mass in Rome on Sunday. The Easter mass, the highlight of the Christian calendar began under a cloudy sky where worshippers had gathered since the early hours to gain access amid tight security. After a short bout of heavy rain, the pontiff gave his traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing, to the city and the world, in which he prayed for those suffering from war, famine and political unrest, highlighting Syria, but also Ukraine and conflict zones in Africa. He expressed hope that Jesus' own sacrifice might "sustain the efforts of all those actively engaged in bringing comfort and relief to the civil population in Syria, prey to a war that continues to sow horror and death." And he prayed for peace "beginning with the Holy Land, as well as in Iraq and Yemen." He also spoke out against the hostilit